Environmentally friendly construction seems almost counterintuitive. After all, the entire point of construction is to take something natural and turn it into something artificial and useful to humans, whether it be a parking lot, a roadway, a grocery store, or a hospital. Roads and buildings don’t just appear by magic, after all. They have to be created and constructed by teams of skilled craftsmen, architects, and skilled tradesmen. And with all that activity, there’s going to be dust, which means that dust control is also needed.

Fortunately, there’s SoilTech. They specialize in dust control for any size construction project, from small parking lots to huge multi-acre developments, with dust control applications that are environmentally sound and ecologically friendly. Dust is one of the biggest enemies of clean air in Southern Nevada, second only to smog, and state, county, and local ordinances are cracking down on rogue dust from construction sites. Local ordinances provide steep fines and civil penalties for stray dust, because of the environmental and health problems stray dust can create.

SoilTech uses cutting-edge soil control technology to keep dust down on sites. Water waste is a big concern here in Clark County, and SoilTech uses water-smart dust control, such as chemical binding agents that break down on their own over time. These eco-friendly methods not only save our precious water supply, but are gone as if they’d never existed within a year without harming the desert’s fragile ecosystems.

But SoilTech doesn’t stop at dust control. They also specialize in land reclamation from construction, mining operations, and other human activity, to restore uninhabited areas to their natural beauty using safe and environmentally responsible methods. One such technique they use is the employment of an artificial desert varnish. In its natural state, desert varnish, a type of moss unique to the desert, can take thousands of years to form. The artificial desert varnish used by SoilTech helps mask the mark of human intrusion on the natural environment, resulting in areas that appear never to have been touched by man.